Method and Configuration for Storing and Playing Back TV Transmissions
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Abstract
A method and a configuration for storing and playing back TV transmissions, in particular an improved method and configuration for operating a network PVR, include a PVR server for receiving digitally encoded TV channels. Terminals select TV transmissions to be stored and transmit the selection to the PVR server. The PVR server records the TV transmissions to be stored, wherein a small part of data items to be stored during recording is transmitted to the memory of the selecting terminal and a main part of the data items to be stored is recorded in a mass storage device coupled to the PVR server. The parts of the recording stored in the memory of the selecting terminal and in the mass storage device are combined in such a way that they can be played back through the use of the selecting terminal, either by the selecting terminal or by the PVR server.
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32 Claims
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17. A configuration for storing and playing back TV transmissions, the configuration comprising:
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a PVR server for receiving a multiplicity of digitally coded TV channels, said PVR server having a device for recording TV transmissions to be stored; a mass storage device coupled to said PVR server for storing a main part of data to be stored; a multiplicity of terminals to be fed by said PVR server, at least one of said terminals selecting TV transmissions to be stored and transferring a selection to said PVR server, said selecting terminal having a memory receiving a small part of the data to be stored with regard to a recording; and a device for combining said part of said recording stored in said memory of said selecting terminal and said part of said recording stored in said mass storage device coupled to said PVR server, for playback by said selecting terminal. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A method for storing and playing back TV transmissions, the method comprising the following steps:
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receiving a multiplicity of digitally coded TV channels at a PVR server feeding a multiplicity of terminals; selecting TV transmissions to be stored with a terminal and transferring the selection to the PVR server; recording TV transmissions to be stored, by sending a small part of the data to be stored with regard to the recording to a memory of the selecting terminal and storing a main part of the data to be stored in a mass storage device coupled to the PVR server; and combining the part of the recording stored in the memory of the selecting terminal and the part of the recording stored in the mass storage device coupled to the PVR server, with the selecting terminal for playback. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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